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spot-splatter-splash · 1 year ago

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Been rewatching old Lalaloopsy stuff, so far up to the pre-Nick Jr. stuff and all the little differences and details and I need somewhere to ramble and you're the only Lalaloopsy fan I know of so-

-The fact that they lean so much more into the fact that they're dolls. The shininess of their eyes, the callbacks to the playsets in real life, the fact that they can fall from great heights and not be injured. I'd say that they somewhat less polished voice acting helps to emphasize this, like they're really just being played with by little girls.

-How unique each of the littles are. They all seem to be slightly different ages (Bundles is less good at talking and speaks in the third person, Sprinkle had a clearer voice but only says small phrases, Squirt can speak longer sentences, and Specs is nonverbal but clearly extremely intelligent). They each have slightly different relationships with their sisters as well - Mittens is more parental with Bundles, Crumbs is a lot more doting, Bea treats Specs like an annoying little sibling, and Squirt is basically Peanut's assistant.

-The way the pets are animated and how much character they're given. (The littles' pets are irrelevant which is hilarious to me)

-Rosy just popping up in random places a la that one Persona 4 food delivery girl

-All the unique quirks given to each character to flesh them out that are left out of the Nick series (Pillow's narcolepsy, Mittens' snow magic, Peanut and Jewel being somewhat more sassy in a way, Jewel being into dance, Specs being nonverbal, Dot being easily distracted, etc)

-All of the smaller locations added to Lalaloopsy Land to give it more personality, like the playground or the flower fields

-Idk I'm just really normal right now I am so sorry-

I find it heartwarming how many fans are popping up to send asks. Considering the last piece of animated media dropped in 2017 and the 10th anniversary dolls are 3-4 years old now; It truly goes to show that there's always a fandom for something! Even if its just a handful of people or one fan getting their friends into it. I love talking to everyone and making art again.

I love that the earlier works for the series plays with and leans into the fact that they are dolls. Its subtle but works for what the series is meant to be. As much as I love the later series and thinks it does stuff well I can admit that some of the charm can be lost in the transition.

That's part of why I like the implication that the dolls were aging. Just like us, the former children who were playing out little stories with them the dolls and their stories were maturing. Though MGA never fully committed to any real over arching plot. Which is why I want too. We've seen it work with MLP and Ever After High (other series meant to sell dolls).

I do also miss

Specs being Nonverbal (I was actually so upset when she talked in her birthday episode. Her being nonverbal worked really well for her. And I liked the idea of her and Charlotte possibly being able to bond over communicating differently than their peers)

Mittens' snow magic. (There was a lot of potential to explore with it.)

Jewel's love of dance (It appears a bit in the Nick Jr. series but not much at all in L.A.L.A. Prep or We're Lalaloopsy. It's a cute part of her character. Gives her more hobbies than just...existing? ( I have really complex thoughts about Jewel and her roll in most series). And explains her dynamic with Tippy)

I also miss in general the amount of characters in the series. I understand that the later series never made it as far as the 26 episode a piece two season run Nick Jr. did. And I do feel like We're Lalaloopsy was setting up to include Cloud E. Sky. I would give anything for it to pull a Care Bears: Unlock the magic and drop a second season years after its initial run.

#answering the tin phone #long post

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cloud-e-sky · 4 years ago

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a little introduction…

hello, sunshine! my name is cloud e. sky - at least, well, that’s what it is now.

you see, i’m kind of a celestial being… well, suffice it to say, i’m not from here! along with my sisters, i magically fashioned the lalaloopsies, and brought them to life! but my twin sister grew bored of life as an angel, and took a form as a lalaloopsy - eventually going to l.a.l.a. prep.

when i found out about this, i decided to attend too, in the hopes of convincing her to return to her angelic duties. thus, i took the form of a lalaloopsy as well - under the name cloud e. however, upon going there, i found nobody resembling my sister! it turned out that she had taken quite the… how do you call it… “edgy” route with her identity, taking the name storm e. we eventually ended up reconciling, and i convinced her to return home.

however, having been a lalaloopsy for the time i had been, i realized… well… how much fun it was! i understood my sister’s plight, and quite wanted to return to that life myself. so, i passed on our angelic ability to give life to fabric to the most skilled doctor in all of lalaloopsyland - a certain rosy bumps n’ bruises. she would then go on to continue our legacy of creating new lalaloopsies, utilizing her skills with needle and thread. meanwhile, my little sisters breeze e. and rain e. would continue minding the skies, descending if they ever wished to.

with that out of the way, storm e. and i descended from our heavenly perch in the clouds once and for all, to live among the lalaloopsies in lalaloopsyland. at this time, my sisters and i took upon the collective last name of ‘sky’. as storm e. went out in search of her high school friends in central lalaloopsyland, further developing her pre-established identity, i was left to find out who i was.

i’d only been a lalaloopsy briefly prior to this moment, so my identity was barely divorced from the angelic life i had known. what will become of me in this material world of fabric and friendship?

#introduction #lalaloopsy #cloud e. sky

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